Registered Nurse

Brooke Jahner hr. 5

Job Responsibilities
Maintain

accurate, detailed reports

and records
Monitor, record, and report symptoms
and changes in patient conditions
Recording patients medical
information and vital signs
Coordinate with health care team to
plan and evaluate patient care
Instruct individuals, families and
communities on health education.

Job Responsibilities (Continued)

Evaluate

diagnostic test to identify and

asses patients condition
Monitor all aspects o patient care
Prepare patient for and assist with
examinations and treatments
Observe nurses and visit patients
Assess the needs of individuals to identify
potential health or safety problems
Prepare rooms, and make sure the tools
are sterile

Work Settings
RNs practice in healthcare settings.

Hospitals

Nursing homes

Medical offices

Ambulatory care centers

Community health centers

Schools

Retail Clinics

Also RNs provided care in locations such

as camps, homeless shelters, prisons,
sporting events, and tourist destinations.

Work Conditions
The

median annual wage for a registered

nurse was $65,470 in May 2012
Nurse can work 4, 8, 10,or 12 hour shifts
Average time working 28-36 hours a week
Very few nurse work fulltime 40 hours per
week.
Excepted to work weekends and holidays
Most employers give full benefits to part
time nurses.

Personal Characteristics
Caring

nature: Nurses deal with the

sick and injured and their families on a
daily basis, and they need to be able
to show them that they care about
their situation.
Be empathetic: The nurse must be
able to put themselves in their
patients shoes if they are going to five
them quality care.
Be emotionally stable: This is a crucial
in order to survives the emotion roller
coaster ride of the emotions a nurse

Personal Characteristics
(Continued)
Be

Adaptable: No day is the same when

you work as a nurse so you need to be
able to adapt to circumstances.
Have physical endurance: Breaks for
nurses are few and far between. They are
on their feet all day.
Be a quick think: Nursing is not the career
for someone who needs time to think
about a situation before responding,
because even a second can mean the
difference between life and death.

Personal Characteristics
(Continued)
Have

great judgment: A nurse must be

able to look at a patients current state
and asses what is or is not needed.
Be hard working: Nursing is a never
ending job. Someone is always ill and in
need of some sort of aid or attention.
Great communication skills: Nurses
communicate with each other, doctors,
patients, and patients families on daily
basis.

Education Requirements
Pasadena City College
Prerequisites
During your first semester you will
English 0001A
take five nursing classes then you
Microbiology 002
second semester you will take
Anatomy 025
three nursing classes. Semester
Physiology 001
three and four you will take a total
Pre algebra or high math course
of six nursing classes.
Additional class required
Completing and Licensure for
Math 131
Degree program: Students will
Psychology 024- Lifespan
receive an Associate of Science
Speech 001 or 010
Degree with a Certificate of
History
Achievement in registered nurse.
Political Science
They will be eligible to take the
American Institutions q25
National Council Licensing
Nutrition 011
Examination Registered Nurse.
Physical Activity or Dance Activity (2
Additional Information: Upon
units)

selection to the RN program

nursing programs students are
required to complete a health

Colleges with RN programs

University

of Wisconsin Madison
The School Nurse Certification Program and School
Nursing in the Context of Community Health Practice
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate, Health Professional
Education Certificate, Applied Gerontology Certificate,
Clinical Nurse Specialist Certificate, Global Health
Certificate, and Trauma Informed Care Certificate.
Wisconsin Center for Nursing
Bachelor of Science Degree Programs, Bachelor of
Science Degree Completion & Accelerated Programs,
Associate Degree Programs, Mater of Science Degree
Programs, Doctoral Programs, and Licensed Practical
Nurse Programs.

Other Information Source

http://

explorehealthcareers.org/en/Career/2
1/Registered_Nurse_RN
Learn about specializing as a RN
http://www.youniversitytv.com/careervideo/registered-nurse
/
Learn more about nursing
http://
www.pasadena.edu/divisions/health-sc
iences/rn/documents/Registered_Nursi
ng_Information_Brochure.pdf